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Early Means Adj Graded Beginning Time Period 例:The Reports

单词 early
音标
英[ˈɜ:li] 美[ˈɜrli]
解释
adj.早的;早期的;早日的;(果实等)早熟的;adv.早;在初期;先前;提早;
例句

ADV-GRADED
(指在通常的时间之前)早,提早,提前
Early means before the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.
例:I knew I had to get up early...我知道我得早起。
例:Why do we have to go to bed so early?为什么我们那么早就得上床睡觉?

ADJ-GRADED
早期的;初期的
Early means near the beginning of a day, week, year, or other period of time.
例:...in the 1970s and the early 1980s.在20世纪70年代以及80年代早期
例:...a few weeks in early summer...初夏的几个星期

ADV-GRADED
(指在原定或预计的时间之前)早,提早,提前
Early means before the time that was arranged or expected.
例:She arrived early to secure a place at the front...为了能占个靠前的位置,她提早到了。
例:The first snow came a month earlier than usual.第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。

ADJ-GRADED
(历史时期或事物存续期)早期的,初期的
Early means near the beginning of a period in history, or in the history of something such as the world, a society, or an activity.
例:...the early stages of pregnancy.怀孕初期
例:...Fassbinder's early films...法斯宾德的早期影片

ADJ-GRADED
(作品、过程等)开始阶段的
Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
例:...the book's early chapters.书的开头几章

ADJ-GRADED
(植物)早开花的,早熟的
Early refers to plants which flower or crop before or at the beginning of the main season.
例:...these early cabbages and cauliflowers.这些早熟卷心菜和花椰菜

ADJ-GRADED
(传闻、迹象等)最早的,最初的
Early reports or indications of something are the first reports or indications about it.
例:The early indications look encouraging...开初的迹象看起来令人鼓舞。
例:Earlier reports that troops opened fire are now being denied.有关军队开火的最初传闻现在遭到了否认。

PHRASE
早在
You can use as early as to emphasize that a particular time or period is surprisingly early.
例:Inflation could fall back into single figures as early as this month.通货膨胀率最早有可能在本月就回落至个位数。
例:...as early as 1838.早在1838年

PHRASE
言之过早;为时尚早
If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
例:The chances of Francis eventually becoming manager of England are perhaps higher. It is early days, of course, and he has yet to win anything.弗朗西斯最终成为英格兰队主教练的几率可能更高。当然,现在这样说为时尚早,他还没赢过呢。
变形
noun:earliness~est:earliest~er:earlier~

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